Pyrotechnical toy.



G. H. PEAL.

PYROTECHNICAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.3|.1915.

Patented NDV. 13, 1917.

, 6l/@JWN GEORGE H. PEAL, OF RTHERFORD, `:NEW JERSEY.

rYnoTEcHNrcAL TOY.

f Specification of Letters Iatent. Patented NOV, 13s 1917.,

Application mea August 31,1915. semi No. 48,188.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PEAL, residing at Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pyrotechnical Toys, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to a pyrotechnical toy and although it is particularly adapted for use in the construction of'toy iire crackers or the like, it may, however, be employed in connection with other devices.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy, in the nature of a tire cracker or the like, which may be used at celebrations of various characters, and which will be entirely harmless.

A further object is to provide a toy of the type indicated which may be used kas a favor at parties, banquets, or other gatherings.

'A further and more detailed object is to provide a package made up of a hollow cas ing containing a detonating device in the form of a snappen the package contain ing also a gift or prize usually made up of tissue paper or the like. To connect one side of the snapper with a. fuse and to connect the opposite side of the snapper with the casing, and to inclose the casing in a vwrapper adapted to hold one side of the snapper connected to the casing. The general appearance of the package with the wrapper in place and the fuse projecting from one end being such as to strongly resemble a fire cracker, and the fuse and casing serving as opposite hand grips whereby the snapper may be readily detonated.

Other objects and aims of the invention,

more or less specic than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims. y

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part `of this specification, and in which I have shown a merely preferred form of embodiment ofthe invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of afin-V ished article constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention. I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal central sectional view. Y

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken description of the construction illustrated,

the reference character L indicates the cas ing. This may be made up in any preferred manner, but preferably comprises a rectangular sheet of paper or thin cardboard wound upon itself in the manner best seen in Fig. 3. One or both sides of the paper forming the casing may be printed or ornamented with the congratulatory, patriotic, comical, or otherverse or character of ornamentationwhich may be read or i11- spected withpleasure vby the person who opens the device,

' The reference character G indicates the snappen ThisV is made up of two separate members asy indicated-inthe drawing by the reference numerals 1 and 2.V The members l and 2 are formed of tough card-` board or other suitable material and are arranged so that their end portions overlap,

as indicated in Fig. 4. -Between the. overlapping surfaceportions a suitable detonating cap or the like, as 3 is arranged. At least oneof the over-lapping sur-face portions is provided with a sanded ork roughy ened surface 4.v A binding medium, indi- Y cated as 5, is employed for holding the over-lapping portions in close juxtaposition butat thegsame time permitting them to slide relatively to each other when drawn forcefully in opposite directions, as will be presently referred to.

The reference character H indicates the prize It may be in the form of a flag, l

small tissue paper favor, or other approved article. .It is folded or pressed into a small the lower end of the casing.V The other member, as 1, of the snapper is folded upon itself within the casing and a.fuse memberv as 6 is connected in the ffold as ati?.

The presence of the casing servestopositively maintain Vthe member 1 of the snap- Y p per in a foldedcondition so 'as to effectively retain the fuse member against detach-V ment. Where, however, a stronger attachment for the fuse member is desired, the

same may be bound tightly to the member 1 wrapper 9.

The wrapper may be of any suitable material, but preferably comprises a rectangular sheet of paper, usually a colored tissue paper. It is somewhat wider than the length of the casing L and is wound about the casing and tucked in at the opposite ends, substantially as indicated, so as to maintain the casing in a wound condition about the part H and the snappen The tucked-in portions of the wrapper, as l0, serve to close the ends of the casing.

The modification Fig. 5 is substantially the same in all respects as the construction shown in the other views, except that the separately formed fuse member is omitted, and in its steadV the upper member ofthe snapper is projected through the upper end of the casing vto form a. fuse member of itself, as indicated at l1, For this purpose the projecting portion of this member of the snapper should be made of paper or the like, Vtwisted or otherwise operated upon to resemble a fuse Both in the modification, as well as in the other figures, the part H may or may not be rigidly connected to the snappen lhere it is rigidly connected to the snappen however, it is preferably connected to the member l thereof so that it will be Withdrawn from the casing when the fuse is pulled out. For this reason the part H may be constructed `as a separate package in itself it being provided with an independent wrapper, as l2, by means of which it may be connected with the part l of the snapper by the use of glue or by other medium.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or' shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

While I have shown and hereinabove described a particular type of detonating device, it will, however, be apparent that any other kind of detonating device may be employed, so long as it is adaptable to being detonated or sounded by relative movement as between the casing and the fuse member or hand grip. A

In operation the casing is gripped in one handandthe fuse or hand gripzis drawn up wardly from one end of the casing. With the type of detonating'dcvice illustrated, the roughened surface l will be drawn across the cap-3-and will cause the cap to be cxploded. The member l of the snapper or detonating device will be drawn entirely out of the end of the casingk and will carry the prize7 H with it. The tuckedin end of the wrapper will readily give way to the outward movement of the parts referred to. Thereafter the wrapper 12 of the prize may be broken and the prize readily unfolded. The paper forming the casing may then be opened and any other contents of the casing readily obtained, or the printed matter upon the casing itself may be inspected.'

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described, comprising a casing, a detonating device arranged within the casing, said detonating device having parts movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, one of the parts of the detonating device having a portion engaging about the lower edge of the' easing and the other of the parts of the det on'ating device' having a hand grip connected thereto projecting out of the upper end of the casing.

A device of the class described, com'- prising a casing, a detonating device arranged within the casing, said detonating device having parts movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, one of the parts of the detonating device havinga portion extending out of the lower endy ofthe casing and over upon the exterior surface of the casing, means for retaining said last mentioned portion in position upon the -exterior surface of the casing, and a hand grip member connected to the other member ol' the detonating device projecting out of the upper end ofthe casing.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a casing, a detonating device arranged within the casing, said detonating device having parts movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, one of the parts of the detonating device having a portion vextending out of the lower end of the casing and over upon the exteriorL surface of the casing, a wrapper for the casing closing the opposite ends thereof and serving to retain thek last mentioned portion of the detonating device in position upon the exterior surface of the casing,rand a hand grip connected to the other member of the detonating device.

4l. A device of the class described, comprising a detonating device formed of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an open ended casing Within which said detonating device is arranged, a wrapper for the casing serving as means for retaining one of the members of the detonating device fixed to the casing, and a hand grip provided upon the other member of the detonating device.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a detonating device formed 'of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an open ended casing within which said detonating device is arranged, a wrapper for the casing closing the opposite ends of the casing and engaging a portion of one of the members of the detonating device to hold the same fixed to the casing, and a hand grip projecting out of the upper end of the casing, said hand grip being connected to the other member of the detonating device.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a detonating device formed of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an open ended casing within which said detonating device is arranged, said casing being formed of a rectangular sheet of material wound upon itself into cylindrical formation, one of the members of the detonating device being folded upon itself and over against the outer surface of the casing, a wrapper for the casing serving to maintain the same in a wound condition, said wrapper having portions tucked into the ends of the casing to close said ends, said wrapper also covering and concealing the last mentioned portion of the detonating device and serving to hold the same in position upon the exterior surface of the casing, and a hand grip connected to the opposite member of the detonating device.

7. A device of the class'described, comprising a detonating device formed of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an open ended casing within which said detonating device is arranged, means whereby one of said members is fixed to the casing, a hand grip xed to the other of said members and projecting out of one end of the casing, and a prize package within the casing connected to the last mentioned member of the detonating device and movable therewith.

8. A toy fire cracker', comprising a body member and a fuse member, a detonating device carried by the body member, means whereby the detonating device may be detonated by drawing outwardly upon the fuse member, and a prize package within the body connected to the fuse member to move outwardly therewith.

9. A device of the class described, com prising a casing,l a detonating device arranged within the casing, said detonating device comprising a part folded upon itself, a hand grip member connected to said part by being caught in the fold thereof, and the casing serving to retain said part folded.

10. A device of the class described, comprising a detonating device formed of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an open ended casing within which said detonating device is arranged, a hand grip member, means whereby the casing serves to retain the hand grip member attached to one of the members of the detonating device, and a wrapper for the casing serving as means for retaining the other member of the detonating device attached to the casing.

1l. A device of the class, described, comprising a detonating device formed of a pair of members movable in opposite directions to produce a detonation, an o en ended casing` within which said detonating device is arranged, a hand grip member, means whereby the casing serves to retain the hand grip member attached to one of the members of the detonating device, and means for retaining the other member of the detonating device attached to the casing.

l2. A device of the class described comprising, a casing, a separately formed detonating device made up of two members movable in opposite directions, one of said members having a roughened surface part within the casing, the other of said members having a detonating cap fixed thereto and disposed in direct engagement with the roughened surface of the other member, binding means extending about parts of said two members to retain said detonating cap normally in direct engagement with said roughened surface but being of a character to permit movement of the detonating cap relatively to the roughened surface when force is applied to move said members in opposite directions whereby to permit detonation of said cap, one of said members extending beyond the binding means and having a part fixed to the casing, and the other of said members having a part also projecting beyond the binding means and providing a hand grip beyond the casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. PEAL.

Witnesses:

L. GnRsFoRD HANDY, M. E. BERNHARDT.

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